The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.

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Title: The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.
Author: Marcos, de Lisboa, Bishop of Porto, 1511-1591.
Publication: At S. Omers :: By Iohn Heigham,; 1618.
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Subject terms: Francis, -- of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.; Franciscans -- Biography.; Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
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How he raised his Nephew that died att Lisbone.

THE XXXII. CHAPTER.

ANephew of the sainctes the sōne of his sister, called Paris, played one day att Lisbone, on the sea shoare, with many children his companions, all which entred into a shallop, which for their re∣creation they lanched into the sea; but there sodēly arose a storme, which raysing the sea waues, presently ouer-whelmed the shalop: all that were therin saued themselues by swiming except Paris, who being the yon∣gest, could not swimme, but was drowned; which his Father vnderstan∣ding, he prayed the Fishers to search for recouery of his body, to giue it Christian buryall. They more to satisfie him, then in hope to finde him, sought him sometime, and att length God permitted them to finde him, and deliuering him to his Father, the kinred were of opinion to haue him buryed: but his pittyfull mother, the sister of S. Antony, hauing good hope of the life of her sonne by the merittes of her brother, would not permitt him to be buryed, and therfore would be continually neere him all the day following and the night after; but the next morning the kinred purposing not to permitt the body any longer vnburyed, be∣cause it already exceedingly sauoured, the mother resolutely said and auowed, that if they would bury her child, they should bury her aliue to∣gether with it. Then she made this prayer to S. Antony: O my glorious Brother, if charity moue thee as I belieue it doeth, and if thou be so ca∣refull and ready to gratifie them that inuocate thee, yea such as are stran∣gers, I beseech thee to haue compassion of thy sister, and of thy Nephew, who if thou please to restore him life, shall serue God in thy Order, whē he shall attaine to age conuenient & competent to that end, if so it please the diuine Maiestie. The successe was admirable, for as soone as she had ended her vow, the child that had bin three dayes dead, arose before all the company, and hauing attained age sufficient, he accomplished the said vow, taking the habit of the Order of his vncle, wherein he pious∣ly perseuered.